Using examples of the bad manners found in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Mitchell Kalpakgian shows how our charitable actions can avoid hurt feelings.
Read More »Teaching Self-Control to Young Children – Part 4: Eating
Cheryl Hernández, a homeschool mom of nine, gives tips on how to teach the virtue of self-control to young children. Part 4 of this series explores eating.
Read More »7 Extreme Lessons On Manners from Great Literature
In a surprising sweep of literature, Dr. Kalpakgian explores seven sources of extreme lessons on manners. Without manners, can we live in peace at all?
Read More »Tactfulness in ‘Little Women’: How Amy Teaches Jo a Lesson
Dr Kalpakgian delves into a scene in Alcott's 'Little Women' to show how tactfulness is a cultivated art, one that Amy understands and Jo comes to rue.
Read More »The Custody of the Tongue
“Set a watch, Lord, beside my mouth and a door about my lips.” Psalm 38:1 The art of living is the knowledge of knowing when to speak and when to ...
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